Comments on: Flowery new desktop

By: azetidine

azetidine — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:45:06 +0000

I had a boring black case… but then I put Rainbow Brite stickers on it. Love what you did here. :)

By: Scott Beamer

Scott Beamer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:20:35 +0000

Cute case. I'd been wondering why you were getting a new computer so soon (I'm obviously catching up on your blog posts. I just noticed recent status messages on Facebook). I'm glad you popped for 8GB of RAM. I'm a little sick of people telling me that I only need half that. They obviously have never run multiple apps and a Virtual Machine (or two) at the same time. :) I wish I had the patience to build my own. I opt for 2nd best and dealt with a place that does custom computers. They 're one of those that lets you pick everything (down to the brands models of all the parts). The also give you a choice of operating systems (Windows, Ubuntu, or Fedora - or none at all). I went for Ubuntu at the time only to show my support for a vendor what will install Linux (I'd have otherwise saved $20.00 and gone for no OS at all). I've been very happy with my baby which I've had for almost 19 months now. As for spending that kind of money on a case, there is a lot to be said for something that looks good. I think people that opt for something that's only "functional" are a bit dull. :) I spent over $100.00 on my case also (although I don't recall exactly what it cost me anymore. I know it was at least $150.00). OK, I'll stop babbling now.....

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:54:53 +0000

This would go nicely with the office design I have bouncing around in my head. Now all I need is a whole lot of cash to make it happen. :P

By: pleia2

pleia2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:53:46 +0000

The video card is just a ~$20 one I snagged at newegg when my old one died, it works fine for what it is. Maybe someday I’ll get a better one :)

By: ikkefc3

ikkefc3 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:51:51 +0000

The Core i8xx has dual channel memory (no triple channel).

You probably should replace the video card. It makes a lot of difference (e.g. buy a Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or ATi Radeon HD 4890).

By: pleia2

pleia2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:00:44 +0000

I knew someone would mention the CRT! :) I just moved here and my flatscreen monitor hasn’t arrived yet, had to dig an old CRT out of storage for now.

Not sure about the memory (dual vs triple), but it’s working great so far.

By: nhasian

nhasian — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:35:48 +0000

I thought the Intel Core i7 processors used triple channel memory? Or is that just for optimal performance and it will also work with 2 channel memory?

By: matthew

matthew — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:18:01 +0000

Very nice! Congratulations.

By: vitorgatti

vitorgatti — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:56:26 +0000

Nice computer :)

I’d like one of those processors to do lots of folding@home…! Currently I’m doing only 2 because of my Athlon X2 Dual Core :P

But wait… CRT Monitor?! O_O

By: RoboNuggie

RoboNuggie — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:52:56 +0000

There is a company here in the UK that sells pink computer stuff, funnily enough called “Pink Computer”, not as nice as your case though…

http://www.pinkcomputer.co.uk/index.php